living being
Example Sentences
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Despite the cost of living being higher down under, Tom said the overtime pay was good, enabling him to do a job that "pays less but provides more hours".
From BBC • May 17, 2026
The hivemind refuses to hurt or kill any living being, states its preference for vegetarianism and merrily labors to care for the few who aren’t like them.
From Salon • Nov. 26, 2025
It can be tempting to wonder, at times: Am I the only living being in a world of ghosts?
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
The most complex element of the performance, Del Toro believes, is playing “nothing,” meaning the blank, pure state of mind of a living being in infancy.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025
Somehow, in its silent, dormant stage, this living being was slowly and miraculously turning itself into a butterfly, though she had yet to figure out the exact moment of transformation.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
